Charlie Brooker to front new Weekly Wipe show for BBC Two

Writer and comedian Charlie Brooker is set to front a new BBC Two show entitled Weekly Wipe, which will take a satirical look at current events.

Charlie Brooker is reviving the Wipe franchise for BBC Two with Weekly Wipe (Picture: PA)

The studio-based show will feature a mix of news and politics as well as taking a look at celebrity culture – with films, books, gadgets, social media and YouTube videos all coming under scrutiny.

Brooker will also be joined by studio guests, as well as US comedian Doug Stanhope who will be a regular contributor.

The series, which will begin early next year, is set to kick off with a special edition looking back at the main events of 2012 including the London Olympics and the US elections.

‘Every week we’ll be looking at TV games, “things in the ether,” the online world and everything in between,’ Brooker said.

‘And if we need to pad the show out a bit, we’ll probably review egg whisks too.’

The show is the latest in the ‘wipe’ franchise which included the long-running BBC Four hit Screenwipe, as well as Newswipe and the one-off show Gameswipe – and which Brooker recently confirmed would continue.

‘The Wipe franchise is going to return in a slightly new form – beyond news, beyond screen, beyond games,’ he said at this summer’s Edinburgh International TV Festival.

‘It’s like an Emperor Dalek, it combines all the best and all the worst of all the different Wipes we’ve done, hopefully all in one.’

Brooker’s other recent small screen efforts included the acclaimed Channel 4 satire Black Mirror as well as the Sky One cop spoof A Touch Of Cloth.